Marker for corn-planters.



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DAVID LOUDENSLAGER, OF RISING CITY, NEBRASKA.

MARKER; FOR CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed November 18, 1908. Serial No. $63,183.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID LOUDENSLAGER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Rising City, in the county of Butler and State ofNebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Markers forCorn-Planters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to corn planters, and has for its object to providea double row marker which may be readily adjusted to corn planters nowon the market, the disks of the marker being adjustable so that they maybe spaced apart to correspond with the width of the corn planter. By theuse of my marker the operator is enabled to keep the rows straight andequal distances apart.

Still other objects of the invention appear in the following completedescription.

In this specification Iwill describe the preferred form of my invention,but it will be understood that I do not limit myself thereto, as Iconsider myself entitled to all forms and embodiments of the inventionwhich may be held to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, in which Figure 1 is a plan viewshowing my marker applied to a corn planter; Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof my marker; Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig.4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner in which the disksare secured to the axle; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showingthe manner in which the support for the bearings is pivoted to thesupport for the axle; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view showing themanner in which the support for the marker is pivoted to a planter.

By referring to the drawings. it will be seen that the planter 1 is ofthe ordinary type, and to its frame, at the rear, is pivoted a support2, the support 2 being adapted to be disposed laterally at either sideof the planter. The support 2 is curved downwardly as well as outwardly,and at a short distance from its terminal it is curved at 3, stillfurther downwardly and then is extended substantially horizontally withreference to the ground. Near the end of the support 2, vertical members4 of an angle iron are pivoted to it, by means of a bolt 5. Thehorizontal portion 6 of this angle iron is pivoted to a support 7 forthe bearings 8. It will therefore be seen that the support 7 for thebearings is so connected with the support 2, that it is adapted to berotated slightly not only horizontally but vertically with referencethereto.

In the bearings 8 is journaled an axle 9, and disposed on this axle aredisks 10, the disks 10 being preferably concavo-convex in shape. To thedisks 10 are secured collars 11, the collars extending along the axle 9,and through which there is an orifice corresponding with orifices spacedapart on the axle 9, the collars 11 being secured to the axle 9 by meansof cotter pins 12. It is in this way possible to adjust the disks 10 onthe axle 9 relatively to each other, as well as relatively to theplanter 1.

The bearings 8 are secured to the bearing support 7 by means of thestraps 13, there be ing plates 14 which are disposed on the bearingsupport 7, the straps 13 being bolted to the said plates 14. One of theplates 14 is extended forwardly and rearwardly, as at 15, and is thendisposed upwardly, and is united at its top as shown at 16. By thismeans a hollow frame is provided, through which the support 2 isdisposed. To this frame 16 is secured a chain 17, the other terminal ofthe chain being adapted to be secured to a swingletree 18 of the planter1.

- In using my invention, the support 2 is pivoted to the planter 1 at 19and it is dis posed laterally with reference thereto, the constructionpermitting the marker to be disposed on either side of the planter.After the marker has been adjusted, the disks 10 are adjusted on theaxle 9, so that they will be separated one from the other a distancecorresponding with the width of the planter. The chain 17 which issecured to the frame 16 at one terminal, is then connected with theswingletree 18 and the marker is ready for operation. By means of thepivotal connection between the support 7 for the bearings and thesupport 2, the marker is adapted to travel over uneven ground, whilestill preserving the alinement, and by means of the chain 17 any changein direction of the planter will be communicated to the marker, so thatat all times the marker will follow along evenly, and without any efforton the part of the operator, the marker will preserve straight lineswhich are in alinement with each other and with the planter. In theoperation of the marker, it is customary for the operator to have thehorses follow the marks previously made, and when the disks are suitablyadjusted Withreference to each other and to the marker, the marks willbe found to be equal distances apart after the field has been traversed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a marker for corn planters, a support adapted to be secured to aplanter, bearings secured to the support, an axle journaled in thebearings, a plurality of disks secured to the axle, and means by whichthe support may be connected with the swingletree of a planter.

2. In a marker for corn planters, a support adapted to be secured to aplanter, bearings, a support for the bearings, the support for thebearings being secured to the first named support, an axle journaled inthe bearings, a disk secured to the axle, and means by which the supportfor the bearings may be connected with the swingletree of a planter.

3. In a marker for corn planters, a support adapted to be secured to aplanter, bearings, a support for the bearings, means by which thesupport for the bearings is connected pivotally to the first namedsupport, a frame secured to one of the bearings, the first named supportbeing disposed in the frame, and means for connecting the frame to theswingletree of a planter.

4. In a marker for corn planters, a support adapted to be secured to aplanter, bearings, a support for the bearings, means by which thesupport for the bearings is connected pivotally to the first namedsupport, an axle journaled in the bearings, an adjustable disk disposedon the axle, means for securing the disk to the axle, and means forconnecting the support with the swingletree of aplanter.

5. planter, a support pivoted thereto, bearings, a su port for thebearings, the support for the bearings being secured to the first namedbearings, an axle journaled in the bearings, disks secured to the axle,and means by which the support for the bearings may be connected withthe swingletree of the planter.

6. A-planter, a support pivoted at the rear of the planter and which isadapted to be disposed at either side thereof, bearings, a support forthe bearings, means by which the support for the bearings is connectedpivotally to the first named support, a frame secured to one of thebearings, the first named support being disposed in the frame, and meansfor connecting the frame with the swingletree of the planter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID LOUDENSLAGER.

Witnesses:

G. W. DAY, 5 A. REIOHENBACH.

